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Father Ambrose, the Revelations of May 3d '68
Father Ambrose the Revelations of May 3d '68 Author:Steele MacKaye Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER XIII. THE STRUGGLE. While Amelie was questioning her brother, the priest retired to a seat at the further end of the room near a window and watched v... more »acantly, the fast setting sun. The doctor's decision to destroy the babe did not reach the ascetic's ears. Lemaitre had hurried instinctively to the dressing stand, upon which he was placing the dreadful objects he took from the bag. At the word '' embryotony '' he turned to his master and asked : '' which process ? '' "The indications demand basiotripsy," was the physician's firm reply. Amelie had already opened the bed upon the further side, and was spreading the rubbersheet. The apprentice raised the basiotribe, which looked liked some relic of the Inquisition, and unscrewing its terrible clamp, opening its crushing jaws, and unmasking its cruel perforator, he annointed it for the sacrifice with an antiseptic oil. The surgeon drew from his medicine case a set of knives. While all this was proceeding, the priest looked on scarcely conscious, until his attention was finally attracted by certain movements of the physicians which indicated that an operation was about to commence. They hastily threw off their coats and vests. Lefort stripped his scarf from his neck, unfastened his collar, and freed his brawny throat, rolling his shirts sleeves high up on his arms. He then took from the hands of Lemaitre a rubber apron, one loop of which he passed over his head, tying the centre about his waist. The suggestion of the butchery so near at hand was revolting. The priest realized that something fearful was pending. He advanced with a livid face, and said, looking in horror at the tools of torture upon the table : '' are you going to use these?" '' Some of them.'' Growled the preoccupied operator. ...« less